Quick Hits, Lighter Moments From Inaugural — We're not expecting to hear big policy proclamations or specific details of President Barack Obama's second term agenda in his inaugural speech. And that's just fine with 32-year-old Sean Payton, a Democrat from Highland Ranch, Colo., visiting Washington for the inauguration.

The Big Deal — On the day President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, an exuberant Vice President Biden famously pronounced the reform a “big something deal” — except that he didn't use the word “something.” And he was right. — In fact, I'd suggest using this phrase to describe the Obama administration as a whole.

Obama Averages 49% Approval in First Term — Approval has been climbing in recent quarters — PRINCETON, NJ — President Barack Obama averaged 49.1% job approval during his first term in office, among the lowest for post-World War II presidents. Only Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford had lower job approval averages.

Atari U.S. operation files for bankruptcy — The U.S. operations of pioneering video game company Atari Inc. is seeking to break free from French parent Atari S.A. and in the next few months find a buyer to take the company private. (Strong National Museum of Play / January 20, 2013)

Colin Powell: Republicans should halt voter ID push — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday that Republicans should not have tried to reduce voter turnout during their failed effort to win the White House, doubling down on his recent criticism of the GOP.

Obama's Startling Second Inaugural — This was the most sustainedly “progressive” statement Barack Obama has made in his decade on the national stage. — I was expecting an anodyne tone-poem about healing national wounds, surmounting partisanship, and so on.

Breaking: Five Dead in South Valley Shooting … 3:41 p.m. - Prominent community members are responding to the quintuple homicide in the South Valley on Saturday night, a tragedy that they said is depriving the city's neediest from a spiritual and emotional advocate.

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